Why do politicians send troops to foreign soil, to fight battles
they rarely win? Is it old-fashioned imperialism tainted with a
crusader complex? Or is the West a partisan for the helpless? The
fall of the Soviet Union left the West aimless. With no conflicting
dogma to reinforce its sense of justice the West assumed the role
of global policeman - aid graduated from charitable to economic
and, finally, military. Ideological struggle was replaced by a
vague and confused concept of international justice, shrouded in
real-politik. Yet scepticism now pervades the interventionist
debate. Simon Jenkins traces the rise of 'liberal interventionism'
from Kosovo and the 'war on terror' to present day conflicts in
Libya, Syria and Ukraine, asking: what can we learn from the
miscalculations, mistakes, and mendacity of 'the age of
intervention'? As ISIS sweeps through Middle-East, calls for a
military solution are increasing. By exposing interventionist
rhetoric and highlighting past mistakes, Jenkins gives us an
invaluable contribution to the active and essential debate on the
West's role in global conflicts.
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